RUMINAZIONE DEPRESSIVA E REGOLAZIONE DELLE EMOZIONI.

Rumination is one of the most investigated emotion regulation strategies. The aim of this work is to briefly review literature on this topic. According to the Response Style Theory by Nolen-Hoeksema, rumination is a traitlike response style characterized by "behaviors and thoughts that focus one's attention on one's depressive symptoms and on the implications of those symptoms" (Nolen-Hoeksema 1991, p. 569). Evidence from several longitudinal, correlational, and experimental studies conducted in clinical and nonclinical populations have shown that the tendency to ruminate in response to depressed mood may not only predict the onset of depressive symptoms, but may also be predictive of longer duration and more severe depressive symptoms (e.g., Lyubomirsky & Nolen-Hoeksema 1993; Nolen-Hoeksema 1991, 1997; Nolen-Hoeksema et al. 1994). Furthermore, rumination has been found to be associated with a number of negative consequences on the cognitive (e.g. impaired concentration), affective (e.g. negative emotions) and social (e.g. low social support) domain. However, in the last ten years a considerable body of evidences (e.g. Treynor et al. 2003) addressing the multidimensional nature of rumination has accumulated, suggesting that the content and processing modes of ruminative thought must be further specified in order to fully understand the relationship between depressive rumination and maladaptive outcomes. A brief review of treatment of depressive rumination is presented as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]